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What Causes Chest Pain And Shortness Of Breath Despite Taking Medications?
Brief Answer:
The chest pain can be due to lung cause. It will not affect the EKG.
Detailed Answer:
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I have gone carefully through the details and understand your concerns. Most often such chest pain is caused due to a condition called pleurisy where the pleura gets inflamed. The pleura consists of two covering layers of the lung, one attached to the lung itself and the other lying attached to the inner side of the chest wall. As the lungs expand and contract, there is friction between the layers of the pleura thus giving rise to the chest pain and shortness of breath. In such a case, it will not cause any changes in the EKG.
The medicines are proper and he needs to continue taking them.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
The chest pain can be due to lung cause. It will not affect the EKG.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through the details and understand your concerns. Most often such chest pain is caused due to a condition called pleurisy where the pleura gets inflamed. The pleura consists of two covering layers of the lung, one attached to the lung itself and the other lying attached to the inner side of the chest wall. As the lungs expand and contract, there is friction between the layers of the pleura thus giving rise to the chest pain and shortness of breath. In such a case, it will not cause any changes in the EKG.
The medicines are proper and he needs to continue taking them.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you so much! I'm wondering, how long the time frame should be to start seeing relief. And, should he play soccer under these conditions. He started the meds five days ago.
Brief Answer:
It may take some time for the probelems to be resolved
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.
It might take a few weeks for the pain to get resolved. You would have to be patient. Cold may be a precipitating factor for his problems and so environmental protection might be necessary. Playing soccer should not be a problem. But he should not over-exert and it should be ok so long as he does not get the pains. If he gets the pains, it might be worthwhile to pause playing soccer for a few more days.
Regards
It may take some time for the probelems to be resolved
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.
It might take a few weeks for the pain to get resolved. You would have to be patient. Cold may be a precipitating factor for his problems and so environmental protection might be necessary. Playing soccer should not be a problem. But he should not over-exert and it should be ok so long as he does not get the pains. If he gets the pains, it might be worthwhile to pause playing soccer for a few more days.
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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